Twine-holder



(NovMoael.)

- A. H. SCHW-AN.

l TWINE HOLDER.

Patented Nov. l27, `1894 Yu: Noniusivgrzhs rg0.. Fumo'ufna. wAsremaToN, n. c.

UNITED/STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST H. scnwAN, oF MOUNDRIDGE, xANsAs.

Twel N-'E- HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part -`of Letters Patent N o. 529,756, dated November-.27, 1 894.

l Application filed May 14.-, 1894. Serial No. 511,148. (No model) I erence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

.My invention relates to twine-holders of that class which, after the twine is drawn downward to the counter and used/and broken, automatically elevates or raises the dangling or pendent portion of the twine a suitable distance above the counter so that it will not be in the way of the clerk, and the object of the invention is to produce a device ot' this characterwhich is easy tov manipulate,and which is simple, durable and Inexpensive of construction.

With this object in View, the invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features ofconstruction and combinations ot' parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that the invention may be fullyl understood, reference is to be h ad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l. is a perspective View of a twineholder embodying my improvements, and showing the same provided with a ball of twine and supported in operative position. Fig. 2. is a vertical sectional View of the same. Fig. 3. is a detail perspective view of the various parts detached, and Fig. 4. is a horizontal sectional View enlarged of the weightcarrying tube. f

In the said drawings, ldesignates a ball of twine, which is wound in the usual manner upon'the frusto-conical tube or sleeve 2, of paste-board.

3 designates a conical shell, which diametrically corresponds in size to the internal diameter of the tu be 2, and this shell has its longitudinal margins arranged a slight dis tance apart, so as to form the opening or passage 4. The shell 3 is fitted upon orincloses the cylindrical tube 5, and has its upper end secured to and a short distance below the upper end of said tube in any suitable man-y ner. The tube 5 has its lower end closed, and is formed with a longitudinal and external `groove 6, extending vertically from its upper to its lower end, and is also provided with an plained. A supporting bracket 8, of the form shown, or of any other suitable onpreferred configuration, is provided with an yeye 9 at its upper end, which engages a hook 10, depending from the ceiling or other suitableelevated position, and carried by and projecting vertically upward from the lower and adjacent ends of the arms of said bracket, is a segmental supporting-plate l1, which is of truste-conical form in side view, and correconical shell 3, and the longitudinal margins of saidsupporting-plate llfare apart a distance slightly exceeding the diameter of the cylindrical tube 5, as shown at 12. The cylin-4 or end to form the oppositely disposed'notches 13 and 14; the notch 14 being situated in ver- Itical alignment with the opening or space 4, :between the longitudinal margins of said shell, and communicating with the upper end pf the longitudinally extending groove 6, and below the notch 13 is formed an aperture by the length of the notch 13, and to the inner side of the tube 5, the segmental rod or wire l15; said rod or wire forming a tension for the twine, as hereinafter explained in the operation ot' the device. A short cylindrical tube 16 corresponds internally with the external diameter of the cylindrical tube 5, and a weight 17 iits snugly and is adapted to reciprocate within thetube 5,and is provided with 'a `verticalgroove 18, which conforms to and embraces snugly the longitudinal and inwhich is provided by bending the tube to form the external groove 6. To operatively mount or connect these various parts so as to form a twine-holder, the end of the twine is passed vertically downward through the tube 16, and also through the paste-board tube upon which said twine is wound, and is then threaded from the outside through the aperture below the notch 13. Itis then-brought back over the segmental rod l5y forming the upper side of said aperture. The tube is now up-ended so as to cause the weight to slide within the tube and present its eye 19 opposite said aperture. The twine is now again threaded through the said aperture, the eye eye 7, the object of which ishereinatter exspends in size to the internal diameter olthe drical tube 5 is recessed infits upper margin securing transversely of and about midway wardly projecting guide-rib 19 of the tube,

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of the weight, and through the notch la in the opposite side of the'tube, and after` sufficient twine has been drawn through it is carried through the space 4, and is threaded through the eye 7 at the lower end of the tube 5, and occupies the longitudinally extending groove 6. The tube upon which the twine is wound is now slipped down upon the shell 3, and the short tube 16 is moved vertically down within the twine-tube, and externally engages the upper end of the tube 5, and is held in such position by resting upon the upper end of the shell 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The tube 5, is now moved laterally through the opening 12 of the plate 11, and then vertically downward until the shell `3 ts tightly upon the conical supporting-plate 11, which is carried by the above-mentioned bracket S.

The operation of the device is as follows: When it is necessary to tie a package, the clerk, grasping the free end of the twine, pulls downward thereon and raises the weight 17 tothe upper end of the tube 6, and at the same time the necessary twine is fed through the eye of said tube to the operator from the ball of twine; the tension-rod 15, which is encircled by the twine, preventing the twine unwinding, from the balltoo freely aud'easily. Immediately the clerk breaks the twine the weight by gravity descends to the lower end of the tube and withdraws or raises the free or pendent end of the twine above the counter and out of the way of the clerk.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have produced a twine-holder which is easy of manipulation, which removes automatically the dangling portion of the twine out of the way of the clerk, and which is simple, durable, and inexpensive of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A twine-holder, comprising asuspension frame having a segmental supporting-plate, a frusto-conical and tubular shell tting upon said plate, and a tube inclosed and carried by said shell, and having a tension-rod, and a longitudinal groove in its outer side, a conical tube upon which the twine or cord is wound, fitting upon the frusto-conical shell, a short tube surrounding the upper end of the tube having the longitudinal groove, and sur'- rounded by the upper end of the conical tube of the ball of twine, a sliding weight carried by the tube having the longitudinal groove and having au eye at its upper end, all arranged substantially as set forth.

2. In a twine-holder, the combination with a vertical tube carrying a tubular and frustoconical shell, a weight within said tube, an eye carried at the lower end and outer side of said tube, and a bracket suspended from the ceiling having a segmental plate upon which the lowerl end of the frusto-conical shell rests, and having a passage or opening in its side through which the vertical tube is inserted, of a conical tube upon which the twine is wound, which tits upon the frustoconical shell, and a tube carried upon the upper end of the vertical tube through which the cord is adapted to be guided, and also through the eye of the weight located in the vertical tube, and through the longitudinal groove of an eye carried by said tube, substantially as set forth.

3. In a twine-holder, the combination with a supporting bracket, a vertical and externally grooved tube having notches in its upper margin, a tension-rod extending transversely of one of said notches to form an aperture, a truste-conical shell su rrounding and secured to the tube near its upper end, and having an opening wopposite the external groove of the vertical tube; said shell being carried by the supporting bracket, a shortJ tube fitting upon the upper end of the vertical tube and closing the notches thereof, and a weight having an eye, fitting reciprocally within the vertical tube, of a twine-carrying tube fitting upon the shell aud inclosing the lower end of the short tube, the strand from the twine wound upon said tube extending down through the short tube, around the tension-rod, through the eye of the weight,`

through the opposite notch, and pendently downward, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST H. SCHWAN.

Witnesses:

F. C. THOMAS, J. J. EYMANN. 

